Microsoft Windows NT 4.0/XP/2000/Server 2003 Distributed Transaction Coordinator denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0/XP/2000/Server 2003 and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component Distributed Transaction Coordinator. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2006-1184. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0/XP/2000/Server 2003 (Operating System). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown part of the component Distributed Transaction Coordinator. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MSDTC) for Windows NT 4.0, 2000 SP4, XP SP1 and SP2, and Server 2003 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a BuildContextW request with a large (1) UuidString or (2) GuidIn of a certain length, which causes an out-of-range memory access, aka the MSDTC Denial of Service Vulnerability. NOTE: this is a variant of CVE-2005-2119.

The weakness was released 05/09/2006 by Derek Soeder (DiGiT) with eEye Digital Security. It is possible to read the advisory at MS06-018. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-1184 since 03/12/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21331 (MS06-018: Vulnerability in MSDTC Could Allow Denial of Service (913580)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 90310 (Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator Could Allow Denial of Service (MS06-018)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 6419. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 3826.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (25558), Tenable (21331), SecurityFocus (BID 17905†), OSVDB (25336†) and Secunia (SA20000†). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-2218. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 21331
Nessus Name: MS06-018: Vulnerability in MSDTC Could Allow Denial of Service (913580)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Snort ID: 6419
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS06-018
Researcher: Derek Soeder (DiGiT)
Organization: eEye Digital Security
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-1184 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-1184
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-30131

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X-Force: 25558
SecurityFocus: 17905 - Microsoft Windows MSDTC Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 20000
OSVDB: 25336 - Microsoft Windows Distributed Transaction Coordinator (DTC) BuildContextW Request DoS
SecurityTracker: 1016047
Vulnerability Center: 11380 - [MS06-018] MSDTC Denial Of Service via BuildContextW Request, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2006-1742

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 12:19
Updated: 06/25/2025 03:15
Changes: 03/12/2015 12:19 (67), 09/17/2018 08:12 (20), 06/25/2025 03:15 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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